The cottonization of the flax fibers enabled their use in existing textile machinery.

The inventor demonstrated how the cotton gin dramatically reduced the time needed to process harvested bolls.

I planted lavender cotton along the garden path to enjoy its silvery foliage and resinous scent.

I bought a giant cotton candy at the fair and shared it with my friends.

The farmhands carefully harvested each cotton boll by hand to avoid damaging the delicate fibers.

After the harvest, workers spread the cotton wool on large tarps to pick out seeds and debris before sending it to the mill.

The long hours of cotton-picking left the workers exhausted but determined to finish before sunset.

That cotton-picking engine broke down again.

During the antebellum era, King Cotton was invoked by politicians to justify the South's economic primacy.

After the harvest came in and everyone got paid, we were living in high cotton for the whole summer.